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I mean, I love you.

Yeah!

Hey, I'm gonna write you

from Atlantic City.

It's where we'll all headed.

How you doin', Nick?

Oh, great, Rox.

So, I put Casanova

on table two like you asked.

I'll bet you give him the room

with the busted toilet.

Oh, yeah,

I like that one.

- I'm not wearing a ring.

- You wouldn't have known it.

I stay with her on account of

our four kids and I can survive,

except when fate, through

a toilet that won't flush,

brings me in contact with

a special specimen like you.

- What'd I miss?

- The special specimen.

- F***!

- Shh, he's about to ask for a memory.

Okay, she's dead,

but she won't lie down.

Oh, she'll lie down.

She just doesn't realize

it's gonna happen

in five minutes.

I could get a key

to a $1,000 suite.

So please, Marie,

leave me with the memory.

Give me something

I can cherish to remember.

Okay.

Okay. Thank you.

Come on.

Son of a b*tch! How does

he get f***ed every time?

- What is that?

- Hey, he wants it that much.

Well, I don't have

anything like that.

- Do you?

- Sure.

Never ever to rest my head

on the same pillow twice.

- Well, travel costs.

- Tell me.

I need $500,000

to buy me five years.

Right now, I'm only

short $499,500.

- Well, luck will find you then.

- I know.

When it does, I'll grab

that f***er by the throat.

Yeah.

Oh, and hey, Nick?

Holly just called.

Said if you're not finished

with your grapefruit juice,

don't waste it.

It's open.

- You want some coffee?

- No.

I just brewed it.

It's 100% Colombian,

it's right there on the table.

Holly, if you're gonna hide, why

couldn't we have just talked on the phone?

I just don't think I want

you seeing me like this.

Hey, Nick.

You know, I kept calling out

for you in emergency.

The doctor says I kept saying

"Nick" over and over again.

They thought that you

were the one who...

Who did?

I don't know.

That's why I phoned you.

So I had a date

last night.

When I left, I got

to the elevator

and the doors were opening

and it was going up.

There were three

guys inside.

The young guy

was the boss.

He spoke real strong,

like a fighter.

The two big guys

were his flunkies.

And the fighter says,

"Come on to the party. "

And I said I was tired,

and he said,

"Hey, I'm too pretty

to turn down. "

And he pulled me

inside and...

We get to his suite,

I said, "Where's the party?"

And he says, "You're it. "

And he signals for the big

guys to go into the next room.

And he says, "Aren't

you the lucky b*tch?

You're the only girl in the world

tonight that gets to touch it. "

And he looks down

at himself and says,

"The envy of all mankind. "

Well, he did

what he did.

And the big guys worked me over

real good on the service stairs.

And some hotel people,

they dumped me at Emergency.

Isn't $100 what you charge

for the first hour?

Today's my day

for turnin' down money.

What'd you wanna

pay me for?

'Cause I wanna sue

his ass, Nicky.

You must hire a lawyer,

Holly. I'm not a lawyer.

I don't even know his name

or what room he was in

or any god damn thing

about him.

Then you must hire a detective,

Holly. I'm not a detective.

I don't know any god damn

detectives, Nick.

I know you,

and you know everybody.

I mean, how could

you not help me?

'Cause I'm gonna guess the

three gentlemen you talked about

were not IBM executives.

What hotel were you in?

The Golden Nugget.

Better and better.

A lot of people like it.

True, and so is this...

every high school

student knows

there's no such thing as

organized crime in America.

Every elementary school

student knows

that if organized crime

ever dreamt of invading,

the last city they would

come to would be Vegas.

And every kindergarten

student knows

that if the mob ever

did to town,

the last hotel to be tainted

would be the Golden Nugget.

Sh*t, Holly, I mean,

even their f***ing showgirls

can rip the

phonebook in half.

Remember when I told you

not to go to that place?

You know what? You could

always piss me off, Holly.

I'm leaving now.

But I want us

to be clear.

Holly, when I came

to this town,

you was just a kid who

lived across the street.

That first year, Baby himself tried

to recruit me for his organization.

I said no.

If someone got bloody, I

wanted it to be for my reasons,

not anybody else's.

Baby accepted that.

Since then I've stayed

away from them

and they stayed

away from me.

I don't know a soul that

works at the Golden Nugget.

I don't have

one contact there.

I swear to God.

Hey, Millicent.

I don't think they much

appreciate us having visitors.

Hey, listen, I'm interested in

a guy who looks like a fighter.

Has a suite, I guess

on a high floor,

travels with two

large bodyguards.

You still live

in Naked City?

- You know Big Daddy's?

- Of course.

I get off at four.

You come down there

at about 4:
15.

If I ain't there,

I couldn't find nothin'.

If I am, we'll talk.

- Hey, Nick.

- Hey, Millicent.

Too bad you got all that

British blood in you.

If you was black,

I'd bed you good and fast.

You could make believe.

Nah. Don't think this

is racial or anything,

but I never feel like

you people are clean.

This is a housekeeper

you're talking to, remember?

I can tell if a Brit's been

in a room, just like that.

Why should I think that

was racial or anything?

Glad you don't.

Now, this fighter guy,

his name is Danny DeMarco,

suite 3506.

He's from a fine old

Italian family back east.

He's a son and heir

and his daddy loves him

which is why he never goes no

place without them two big mothers.

How big are they?

A lot bigger than you.

You did me something once.

I will owe you forever.

But now, I need you

to do me something.

Do not f***

with these guys.

Pickle.

Lady in the housekeeping,

I just met with her.

She struck out, Holly.

Couldn't find out a thing.

Oh, Nick.

Don't lie anymore.

You know what he did

when he was finished?

He put a gun inside me.

He said, "You got

one shot at breathing.

Tell me you love me, and if I

believe you, I'll let you go. "

I said, "Oh, God,

I love you.

I love you so much,

I do. "

And he said,

"Never sh*t a shitter. "

And then he pulled

the trigger.

And I scream

and I hear a click.

Some f***ing games to play with

another human. Right, Nicky?

And I want to sue him,

and you know who he is,

and you just let him

walk away.

Just know I tried, Holly.

Sure, you liar.

Just know this one thing.

All those times I told you

I cared for you...

Yeah, I know, I know.

You were lying.

Wrong. I loved you.

Every good thing

I ever said was true.

And when you hit bottom, who

climbed down there and found you?

- Only me.

- Holly...

Hey!

Sorry, made a wrong turn back that way.

I am ready to see

the sights.

Follow me,

Mr. Kinnick.

I hadn't realized these

places were so big.

Yeah, the noise

bothers people sometimes.

I don't mind

the noise.

Golden Gate

is much smaller.

It's just a short drive

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